I was passing through Paris again & organised a little visit ^.^ Sadly, since I had visited last year, there have been a few changes. For one, Kobalann the albino female has died, & now my friend has a new black female baby mink, Yuno. Also Mineko, the stone/beech marten has been rehomed as martens are a lot more demanding than mink & his owner thought he would be happier in a home where he was the only pet & would have sole attention.She was also minding two mink while I was their for their owner who was on holiday, & they just happened to be two of my favourite colourations! Anshou, the sapphire cross, & a silver name who's name I can't remember ^^''Also! I got my first mink bite... Wow. Anshou was being kind of nervy & bit my pinky on my left hand & it was pumping blood immediately & went completely numb & stiff. By the timeI got back to the hotel there was a ring of white skin around it & the rest was bruised. Definitely nothing like a ferret bite!! I feel like I've been initiated into mink keeping now xD

Suigetsu, tired & panting after a walk

The silver, playing in his blanket

Yuna, drying herself off after a bath on her owner's arms

Anshou, bathing after a walk to cool himself down

& I know they're not mink, but I really like their dogs too so I'll just leave these here..Kishin, the Saarloos wolfhound (& Kotetsu the Akita too)

Thats the wierd thing, it was really powerful, but it went numb immediately so it didn't actually hurt. Whats amazing to me is he wasn't even really trying to damage me, just warning me off, I think. They must be terrifying if they actually want to do some real damage. The girls advice is once a mink bites you, just let it go because if it feels trapped it will just keep biting worse & worse until you do.

Hmm, my favourite might have been sapphires, except they're very prone to sickness, Aleutian disease especially I think. So I probably wouldn't chose one, I don't personally agree with intentionally breeding unhealthy or weak animals for looks. But they're my eye candy, lol... I also love violets, cross mink like Anshou above, blue iris, wild glow/aka red glow, silverblue & black crystal/aka stardust. Most of that list are variations of sapphires but I think they're healthier. Not sure though, theres very little information on the long term health effects of certain strains when they're usually killed so young for their pelts & none of those are really among the more common types being kept as pets.While this violet cross is really obese & has a oddly flat looking face, his colours are so pretty & delicate!